| developing surveillance for hiv transmission and risk behaviours among high-risk groups in a central london health district. | our aim was to describe surveillance data on hiv transmission and risk behaviours in camden and islington, an inner london health district (population 360 000). this information is required to assess the effectiveness of hiv-aids prevention. | 1999 | 10432252 |
| william r. maples, forensic historian: four men, four centuries, four countries. | prior to 1984, william r. maples, ph.d. worked primarily with medical examiners in the state of florida in investigation of and testimony in criminal cases. in 1984 the republic of peru requested him to identify skeletal remains thought to be those of francisco pizarro, conqueror of peru and the incas in the early 16th century. dr. maples made a positive identification of those remains as pizarro, resulting in their substitution in a glass-sided coffin in the cathedral of lima, where other remai ... | 1999 | 10432600 |
| emotional indicators in children's human figure drawings. | the human figure drawings of a group of emotionally-disturbed boys were compared with those of a group of well-adjusted boys closely matched for chronological age and another for mental age. a comparison based on koppitz's (1968) original emotional indicators and another, based on new uk norms, showed that the emotionally-disturbed children included significantly more indicators in their drawings than their well-adjusted peers. although this difference was statistically significant it is actuall ... | 1999 | 10435457 |
| serologic evidence of human herpesvirus 8 transmission by homosexual but not heterosexual sex. | epidemiologic studies link kaposi's sarcoma with a sexually transmitted agent. human herpesvirus 8 (hhv-8) is likely to be that agent, but routes of transmission are poorly described. a seroepidemiologic study was conducted to determine whether hhv-8 is transmitted sexually between heterosexuals. sera from 2718 patients attending a sexually transmitted disease (std) clinic were tested for antibodies to hhv-8 and herpes simplex virus type 2 (hsv-2). information on sex partners in the previous 12 ... | 1999 | 10438345 |
| the duration and magnitude of influenza epidemics: a study of surveillance data from sentinel general practices in england, wales and the netherlands. | weekly incidence data for influenza-like illness, routinely collected in sentinel general practices in england and wales and in the netherlands over 10 winter periods (week 37 in one year to week 20 in the next, 1987/1988-1996/1997) were examined in conjunction with matching virus isolate data to define epidemic periods of influenza in the two countries. we first defined the background rates of recording influenza-like illness which occurred at times when only sporadic or no isolations of virus ... | 1999 | 10442473 |
| a two-center study of the development of acute irritation responses to fatty acids. | a human 4-hour patch test has been developed for evaluating the acute irritation potential of chemicals. this method was developed for comparative irritation assessments. although skin irritation responses in human subjects can be quite variable, this test method has proven robust in both intra- and interlaboratory tests. however, the previous interlaboratory studies were not optimal in that slightly differing protocols were used and the studies were not controlled for time of year or source of ... | 1999 | 10444106 |
| variants of endothelin-1 and its receptors in atopic asthma. | endothelin-1 (et-1) is a 21 amino acid peptide released from several types of bronchial cells. it operates through two types of receptors, type a(et-ra) and type b(et-rb) and has various activities in the pathophysiology of atopic asthma. these genes are localised on different chromosomes where genome-wide searches have identified linkage for atopic asthma, thus supporting the candidacy of et-1 and its receptors for atopic asthma. a genetic association study was performed with variants of these ... | 1999 | 10448102 |
| serious sex offending against women by men with schizophrenia. relationship of illness and psychotic symptoms to offending. | little is known about men who commit sex offences in the context of psychosis. | 1999 | 10448448 |
| sexual risk behaviour among gay men in a relationship. | to examine whether gay men in a relationship have adopted negotiated safety as an hiv risk reduction strategy. | 1999 | 10449295 |
| molecular epidemiology of mycobacterium avium complex isolated from patients with and without aids in brazil and england. | mycobacterium avium complex (mac) is ubiquitous throughout the world. it is an opportunistic pathogen in aids patients but the number of cases in hiv negative patients is also increasing. the aim of this study was to determine whether patients were being infected with different mac strains or whether one strain was dominant. dna obtained from isolates in brazil and england were compared using pulsed field gel electrophoresis (pfge). strains from 22 brazilian patients clustered into 7 groups but ... | 1999 | 10459647 |
| icu admission in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus - a multicentre survey. | we conducted a retrospective study to assess the reasons for admission to the intensive care unit, and subsequent outcome, in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv). four hospitals in the south of england participated, all with specialist hiv units. data were collected on 127 patients admitted to icu on 133 separate occasions between june 1993 and october 1997. the mean age on admission was 38 years (range 23-60 years). ninety-four patients (70.7%) were documented hiv-posi ... | 1999 | 10460523 |
| population genetic and evolutionary approaches to analysis of neisseria meningitidis isolates belonging to the et-5 complex. | periodically, new disease-associated variants of the human pathogen neisseria meningitidis arise. these meningococci diversify during spread, and related isolates recovered from different parts of the world have different genetic and antigenic characteristics. an example is the et-5 complex, members of which were isolated globally from the mid-1970s onwards. isolates from a hyperendemic outbreak of meningococcal disease in worcester, england, during the late 1980s were characterized by multilocu ... | 1999 | 10482493 |
| genetic linkage of the muckle-wells syndrome to chromosome 1q44. | the muckle-wells syndrome (mws) is a hereditary inflammatory disorder characterized by acute febrile inflammatory episodes comprising abdominal pain, arthritis, and urticaria. progressive nerve deafness develops subsequently, and, after several years, the disease is complicated by multiorgan aa-type amyloidosis (i.e., amyloidosis derived from the inflammatory serum amyloid-associated protein) (mim 191900) with renal involvement and end-stage renal failure. the mode of inheritance is autosomal do ... | 1999 | 10486324 |
| recovery of human skeletal elements from a recent uk murder inquiry: preservational signatures. | factors that control bone preservation are not fully understood but generally include those that reflect "natural" taphonomic or diagenetic processes and also those reflecting anthropogenic activity. the aim of this paper is to examine whether the survival of skeletal elements from a recent uk serial murder investigation (n = 12) and three archaeological cemetery sites from england (n = 112, 95, 182; roman to early-medieval), share a similar recovery signature. examination of this data demonstra ... | 1999 | 10486946 |
| phage typing of campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli and its use as an adjunct to serotyping. | campylobacter is the most commonly reported cause of gastro-intestinal infection in england and wales, with over 50,000 reported cases in 1997. the majority of human campylobacter isolates in england and wales are c. jejuni (c. 90%) with most of the remainder being c. coli. we describe the use of phage typing as an extension to serotyping for more detailed characterization within these two species. the scheme was piloted during a study of 2407 c. jejuni and 182 c. coli strains isolated in wales ... | 1999 | 10487641 |
| influenza a among community-dwelling elderly persons in leicestershire during winter 1993-4; cigarette smoking as a risk factor and the efficacy of influenza vaccination. | in a prospective study of community-dwelling people 60-90 years of age, we examined the coverage of influenza vaccine during 1992-3 and 1993-4, the efficacy of vaccination in reducing serologically-confirmed clinical episodes of influenza a during 1993, and the effect of cigarette smoking. during 1992 and 1993, influenza vaccine was given to 106/215 (49%) and 120/204 (59%) people with risk conditions, and 84/225 (37%) and 103/235 (44%) without risk conditions. influenza vaccination and general p ... | 1999 | 10487646 |
| control of a community hepatitis a outbreak using hepatitis a vaccine. | in an outbreak of hepatitis a infection among children attending a village primary school hygiene measures and prophylaxis of household contacts of initial cases with human normal immunoglobulin did not prevent spread. over two months 16 pupils and two household contacts were infected, and seven children aged 6 to 10 years were jaundiced. testing for salivary igg and igm among staff and pupils and their household contacts identified asymptomatic cases. hepatitis a vaccine was offered to staff an ... | 1999 | 10491872 |
| detection of antibacterial agents in warm water prawns. | samples of cooked and raw prawns intended for human consumption were collected by officers at southampton port health authority, and tested for the presence of antimicrobial agents. antimicrobial activity was detected in 23 out of 98 cooked prawn samples but in none of the 20 raw samples collected. samples that showed antimicrobial activity were analysed using high performance liquid chromatography and immunoassay, resulting in the presumptive identification of trimethoprim in 15 samples, and lo ... | 1999 | 10491879 |
| inherited prion disease with an alanine to valine mutation at codon 117 in the prion protein gene. | a large english family with autosomal dominant segregation of presenile dementia, ataxia and other neuropsychiatric features is described. diagnoses of demyelinating disease, alzheimer's disease, creutzfeldt-jakob disease (cjd) and gerstmann-sträussler-scheinker syndrome have been attributed to particular individuals at different times. an irish family, likely to be part of the same kindred, is also described, in which diagnoses of multiple sclerosis, dementia, corticobasal degeneration and new ... | 1999 | 10506086 |
| explaining the universe: herbert spencer's attempt to synthesize political and evolutionary ideas. | herbert spencer's evolutionary ideas related not just to the biological world but to the universe and everything in it. human societies were also viewed through his evolutionary lens so that spencer's evolutionary and political ideas are inextricably entwined. this essay looks at some of spencer's ideas and attempts to locate them in the social and intellectual context of his youth. it also speculates on the rise and fall of spencer's reputation. | 1999 | 10507908 |
| canada goose (branta canadensis) droppings as a potential source of pathogenic bacteria. | canada goose droppings, collected in parks to which the public had access, were screened for a range of bacteria that could be pathogenic in man. droppings of canada geese, and other waterfowl, did contain such bacteria, including some that are well-known causes of illness in man. these bacteria, plus a species of salmonella that was experimentally inoculated into droppings, were shown to survive and multiply in the droppings for up to one month after their deposition by geese. canada geese rang ... | 1999 | 10518352 |
| markov chain monte carlo analysis of human y-chromosome microsatellites provides evidence of biased mutation. | we describe a markov chain monte carlo analysis of five human y- chromosome microsatellite polymorphisms based on samples from five diverse populations. our analysis provides strong evidence for mutational bias favoring increase in length at all loci. estimates of population coalescent times and population size from our two largest samples, one african and one european, suggest that the african population is older but smaller and that the english east anglian population has undergone significant ... | 1999 | 10518551 |
| [origin of animal experimentation legislation in the 19th century]. | the first legislation in the world, designed to protect animals used in research, was passed in england in 1876, and is still in force today. it is one of the strictest in europe. at the same period, france had no such law, and was the country conducting the greatest amount of animal experimentation. comparing, these two countries, in the middle of the 19th century, can account for this difference. the most important difference seems to be related to the theological question: are animals endowed ... | 1999 | 10520502 |
| do influenza epidemics affect patterns of sickness absence among british hospital staff? | influenza vaccination for healthcare workers is not recommended in britain, but some hospitals offer vaccine to reduce sickness absence. however, in nottingham, the influenza epidemics of 1993-94 and 1996-97 made no impact on staff absence. annual vaccination of healthcare workers against influenza is unlikely to reduce absence most winters, but there may be gains in terms of preventing nosocomial infection. | 1999 | 10530649 |
| respiratory viruses in adult liver transplant recipients. | the contribution of respiratory viruses to respiratory disease in adult liver transplant (lt) recipients has not been studied. we performed a prospective audit to document the incidence of respiratory syncytial viruses ([rsvs], parainfluenza virus, influenza virus, and adenovirus) after lt, and to determine their contribution to respiratory disease in this setting. | 1999 | 10532538 |
| hereditary renal amyloidosis associated with variant lysozyme in a large english family. | two kindreds with hereditary systemic amyloidosis caused by the first two mutations to be described in the human lysozyme gene were discovered recently and study of the variant lysozyme has been powerfully informative about mechanisms of amyloid fibrillogenesis. however, the clinical manifestations in these families, additional members of which have lately been identified, have not previously been reported in detail. | 1999 | 10534505 |
| stillbirths among offspring of male radiation workers at sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant. | ionising radiation is a known mutagen, but few studies have examined transgenerational effects of paternal exposure in human beings. the workforce at the sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant in the county of cumbria, uk, is the most highly exposed workforce in western europe and north america. this study, which is part of a larger programme of work investigating the health of the children of the sellafield workforce, set out to find whether there was evidence of an association between stillbirt ... | 1999 | 10543666 |
| microsatellite variation within the human rhce gene. | this study provides a unique method for identifying individuals carrying the rh haplotype cde, and supports a model for the evolution of rh haplotypes in which cde is the progenitor. | 1999 | 10545853 |
| the anatomy of the brain, by thomas willis. | this article reviews the 1681 edition of the anatomy of the brain, by thomas willis (1621-1675), which was first published in latin in 1664. although description of the circulation at the base of the brain is part of this text, the majority of the book is devoted to functional anatomic features of the brain. this is an early attempt by willis to translate cadaveric brain anatomic features into assigned behavioral and neurophysiological functions. extensive comparisons are made between "lower" an ... | 1999 | 10549943 |
| large-scale survey of campylobacter species in human gastroenteritis by pcr and pcr-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. | a pcr-based study of the incidence of enteropathogenic campylobacter infection in humans was done on the basis of a detection and identification algorithm consisting of screening pcrs and species identification by pcr-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. this was applied to dna extracted from 3,738 fecal samples from patients with sporadic cases of acute gastroenteritis, submitted by seven regional public health laboratories in england and wales over a 2-year period. the sending laboratories had c ... | 1999 | 10565897 |
| adenoviruses from human immunodeficiency virus-infected individuals, including two strains that represent new candidate serotypes ad50 and ad51 of species b1 and d, respectively. | adenovirus (ad) isolates from a large number of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)-infected individuals were compared serologically and genetically with ad isolates from immunocompetent patients. between 1982 and 1994, stool and urine samples from 137 subjects with aids hospitalized in the netherlands yielded 143 ad strains. forty additional ad strains were obtained from 35 hiv-positive patients in manchester, united kingdom, in 1992 and 1993. of these 183 hiv-associated ad strains, 84% belonged ... | 1999 | 10565911 |
| evaluation of an unused 1952 ridley intraocular lens. | to evaluate an unused 1952 historic ridley intraocular lens (iol) brought to bombay, india, in 1952 from an oxford ophthalmologic conference in england and given to 1 of the authors during his residency. | 1999 | 10569172 |
| john sulston: a life in sequence. | | 1999 | 10574774 |
| a founder effect in the newfoundland population reduces the bardet-biedl syndrome i (bbs1) interval to 1 cm. | bardet-biedl syndrome (bbs) is a rare, autosomal recessive disorder; major phenotypic findings include dysmorphic extremities, retinal dystrophy, obesity, male hypogenitalism, and renal anomalies. in the majority of northern european families with bbs, the syndrome is linked to a 26-cm region on chromosome 11q13. however, the finding, so far, of five distinct bbs loci (bbs1, 1q; bbs2, 16q; bbs3, 3p; bbs4, 15q; bbs5, 2q) has hampered the positional cloning of these genes. we use linkage disequili ... | 1999 | 10577922 |
| family-based association studies of bipolar disorder with candidate genes involved in dopamine neurotransmission: dbh, dat1, comt, drd2, drd3 and drd5. | the dopaminergic system has been implicated in the aetiology of mood disorders. we conducted family-based association studies for polymorphisms at three genes involved in the metabolism of dopamine: dopamine transporter (dat1), dopamine-beta-hydroxylase (dbh) and catechol-o-methyl transferase (comt); and three dopamine receptors: drd2, drd3 and drd5. we used a sample of 122 parent-offspring trios of british caucasian origin where the proband had bipolar disorder i (bpi), and analysed the results ... | 1999 | 10578238 |
| novel prnp sequence variant associated with familial encephalopathy. | human transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (tses) are a group of chronic progressive neurodegenerative disorders that may be hereditary, infectious, or sporadic. hereditary tses are associated with mutations in the prnp gene on chromosome 20p12-pter. we report on a family in which seven patients developed limb and truncal ataxia, dysarthria, myoclonic jerks, and cognitive decline. the age of onset in the 30s, 40s, or 50s, prolonged disease duration, cerebellar atrophy on imaging, and the pr ... | 1999 | 10581485 |
| the control and management of the sexually transmitted diseases: a comparison of the united kingdom and the russian federation. | during the last 20 years, both the united kingdom and the russian federation have seen changes to clinical services for sexually transmitted diseases (stds) health systems and other mechanisms through which stds are controlled. in the uk these changes followed the description of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) and the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv); its causal agent. in russia, the breakdown of the soviet union following glasnost and perestroika, and its associated political, s ... | 1999 | 10582633 |
| hmsn and hnpp. laboratory service provision in the south west of england--two years' experience. | | 1999 | 10586284 |
| ins vntr allelic variation and dynamic insulin secretion in healthy adult non-diabetic caucasian subjects. | to elucidate the relationship between the human insulin gene ins vntr regulatory polymorphism and insulin secretion. the polymorphism arises from tandem repetition of 14-15 bp oligonucleotides. in caucasians, repeat number varies from 26 to over 200, with two main and discrete allele size classes: class i (26-63 repeats) and class iii (141-209 repeats). class i allele homozygosity is associated with elevated risk of developing type 1 diabetes, while the class iii allele has been associated with ... | 1999 | 10588520 |
| second trimester levels of pregnancy associated plasma protein-a in cases of trisomy 18. | in a study of 70 cases of trisomy 18 and 450 matched controls in the second trimester we have measured the maternal serum levels of the analytes alpha feto protein (afp), free beta-human chorionic gonadotrophin (hcg) and pregnancy associated plasma protein-a (papp-a). we have found the median multiple of the median (mom) of maternal serum free beta-hcg to be significantly lower (0.327) than normal, as was the level of afp (0.600). levels of papp-a were reduced even further (0.108). of the marker ... | 1999 | 10590430 |
| respiratory syncytial virus: an underestimated cause of respiratory infection, with prospects for a vaccine. | respiratory syncytial virus (rsv) infects most people by the time they are 2 years old and reinfects throughout life. rsv is best recognised for causing bronchiolitis in infants--it is one of the most important respiratory pathogens in childhood in industrialised countries. the clinical manifestations of rsv infection in adults and elderly people, from upper respiratory tract infection to pneumonia, are less well known. part of the burden of winter mortality in elderly people is attributable to ... | 1999 | 10598379 |
| influenza activity in england and wales: october 1998 to june 1999. | influenza activity in england and wales in the winter of 1998/1999 reached the highest weekly levels seen since the epidemic of 1989/1990. activity peaked at christmas and the new year, adding to the winter pressures on general practitioner and hospital services. adults aged 65 years and over consulted with general practitioners at the highest rates. outbreaks of influenza or flu-like illness occurred in several schools and nursing homes and, in june 1999, on a british cruise ship in the mediter ... | 1999 | 10598385 |
| geriatrics photo quiz. thomas sydenham and influenza. | | 1999 | 10605431 |
| partial "repair" of defective nef genes in a long-term nonprogressor with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection. | a 36-bp deletion close to the 5' end of nef that impaired nef function was found in a long-term nonprogressor with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (hiv-1) infection. forms containing an adjacent duplication of 33 bp were also frequently observed. the duplication showed no homology to the deleted region but restored the overall length of the first variable loop of nef. nef alleles carrying the duplication were active in class i major histocompatibility complex (mhc-i) down-modulation and enha ... | 2000 | 10608759 |
| modelling the contribution of individual radionuclides to the total gamma air kerma rate for the sediments of the ribble estuary, nw england. | the aim of this study was to test the performance of a published dose-rate model, investigate the contribution of individual radionuclides to the total gamma air kerma rate (gakr) and derive external doses to man in the ribble estuary, nw england. gakrs were measured and sediment cores were collected in order to determine radionuclide specific activities with depth. the latter values were used as input data for the external dose-rate model. the model has a slight tendency to over-predict the gak ... | 1999 | 10616780 |
| a comparison of the risk of stillbirth associated with paternal pre-conception irradiation in the sellafield workforce with that of stillbirth and untoward pregnancy outcome among japanese atomic bomb survivors. | a comparison is made of the relative risks associated with paternal preconception irradiation of stillbirth and untoward pregnancy outcome (stillbirths, congenital malformations, neonatal deaths) in the offspring of the japanese atomic bomb survivors and of stillbirth in the offspring of sellafield workers. it is concluded that the pre-conception exposure risks of stillbirth in the offspring of sellafield workers are statistically incompatible with the japanese data at the 5% level. other human ... | 1999 | 10616782 |
| storage of human organs prompts three inquiries. | | 2000 | 10625253 |
| prevalence of antibody to human t cell leukaemia/lymphoma virus in women attending antenatal clinic in southeast london: retrospective study. | | 2000 | 10625263 |
| lead concentration in soil from a small 15th-century industrial site: occupational and environmental health implications. | former industrial sites are often reclaimed for new homes and other occupational uses. such sites may still contain toxic chemicals that could put the health of the community at risk. the persistence of these residual chemicals and their effects on human health must not be underestimated. hence, there is a need to analyze such sites to ensure that the public health will not be put at risk. it is also essential that the levels of release of heavy metals into the environment be monitored and regul ... | 1999 | 10633244 |
| flu rates in wales highest for a decade. | | 2000 | 10634725 |
| the family rule: a framework for obtaining ethical consent for medical interventions from children. | children's consent to treatment remains a contentious topic, with confusing legal precepts and advice. this paper proposes that informed consent in children should be regarded as shared between children and their families, the balance being determined by implicit, developmentally based negotiations between child and parent--a "family rule" for consent. consistent, operationalized procedures for ethically obtaining consent can be derived from its application to both routine and contentious situat ... | 1999 | 10635505 |
| first step: report on a pilot course for personal and professional development. | objective: to describe a pilot course in personal and professional development, entitled 'becoming a doctor: the first step' and our suggestions for what might be incorporated into future courses. setting and context: leeds medical school begins a new curriculum in september 1999 with a proportion of the first 3 years being devoted to a new module on personal and professional development. this module will include courses involving communication skills, ethics, working in groups and early patient ... | 2000 | 10652070 |
| from shakespeare to defoe: malaria in england in the little ice age. | present global temperatures are in a warming phase that began 200 to 300 years ago. some climate models suggest that human activities may have exacerbated this phase by raising the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. discussions of the potential effects of the weather include predictions that malaria will emerge from the tropics and become established in europe and north america. the complex ecology and transmission dynamics of the disease, as well as accounts ... | 2000 | 10653562 |
| prospective investigation of transfusion transmitted infection in recipients of over 20 000 units of blood. tti study group. | to follow up recipients of 20 000 units of blood to identify any transmissions of infections through blood transfusion. | 2000 | 10669443 |
| behind the crumbling walls; the re-working of a former asylum's geography. | this paper attempts to examine the effects of deinstitutionalization on a former asylum's human and physical geography, through a case study of st lawrence's hospital, bodmin, uk. it researches the inevitably impermanent geography of an asylum in the process of being 'run down'. the paper includes an empirical account of the rationalization of a former asylum, reconstructing an east to west migration of activities across the site. it deals with st lawrence's as a 'stigmatized' place unable to es ... | 1997 | 10671001 |
| two simultaneous cases of cyclospora cayatensis enteritis returning from the dominican republic. | according to the "international passenger survey," published in 1996 by the office of trading standards, 534,000 british people traveled to the caribbean area (personal communication, abta, 1998). the dominican republic, the eastern end of a large caribbean island, has become in recent years one of the most popular destinations for uk holidaymakers as well as for travelers from many other countries. cyclospora cayatensis has been firmly identified as a cause of gastroenteritis among internationa ... | 2000 | 10689243 |
| drug resistance in campylobacter jejuni, c coli, and c lari isolated from humans in north west england and wales, 1997. | to test the sensitivity of strains of campylobacter species isolated from humans in england and wales against a range of antimicrobial agents for the purpose of monitoring therapeutic efficacy and as an epidemiological marker. | 1999 | 10690169 |
| arachidonic and docosahexaenoic acids are strongly associated in maternal and neonatal blood. | the red cell membrane fatty acid composition has frequently been used as an index of essential fatty acid (efa) nutrition. after birth there is a decline in plasma arachidonic acid (aa) and docosahexaenoic (dha) acids in babies fed on conventional formula which contains only the parent linoleic and alpha-linolenic acids. in human studies, the red cell phosphoglyceride composition appears to be more constant than that of plasma. in infants fed fish oil without aa, the aa proportions fall in the p ... | 2000 | 10694772 |
| prevalence of hfe (hemochromatosis gene) mutations in unselected male patients with type 2 diabetes. | to assess the prevalence of mutations in the hfe (hemochromatosis) gene in unselected male patients with type 2 diabetes, we examined 220 white men without known diabetes and 220 age-matched white men with type 2 diabetes for mutations in the hfe gene. nucleotide 845 (c282y) and 187(h63d) alleles were amplified by polymerase chain reaction (pcr) with lymphocyte dna. the pcr products were analyzed by restriction enzyme digestion. one of the 220 patients (0.45%) with diabetes was homozygous for th ... | 2000 | 10695662 |
| a new disease-burden method for estimating the impact of outdoor air quality on human health. | urban air quality is a serious problem, with an estimated 40 million people in europe exposed to exceedences of existing who air-quality guidelines, with prospects of further declines in air quality due to projected growth in motor vehicle traffic. air-quality management strategies, underpinned by legislation are attempting to combat this problem. to support such strategies, assessment of the costs and benefits of remedial measures is required, including an assessment of the impact of urban air ... | 2000 | 10696720 |
| prevalence of antibodies to htlv in blood donors in north london. | | 2000 | 10698901 |
| influenza a pandemics of the 20th century with special reference to 1918: virology, pathology and epidemiology. | influenza a virus initiated worldwide epidemics (pandemics) in 1918, 1957, 1968 and 1977. a revised calculation of the 1918-1919 pandemic estimates that 40 million persons died and 500 million were infected. the mortalities in 1957 and 1968 were nearly 6 million. biological and genetic characteristics of the causative agents of the more recent pandemics, have been well studied but little is known about the causative agent of the great pandemic in 1918. genetic characterisation of the 1918 virus ... | 2000 | 10713598 |
| continuous source outbreak of campylobacteriosis traced to chicken. | poultry is a source of human campylobacteriosis, but a large continuous source outbreak, heretofore, has not been attributed to both a single source of poultry and single serotype of campylobacter. here we report an outbreak of c. jejuni affecting 6 catering college trainees and 13 patrons of a restaurant in southern england. an epidemiological investigation successfully tracked the outbreak source to the farm of origin. frequency of occurrence of campylobacters and outbreak serotype distributio ... | 2000 | 10716557 |
| a five year outbreak of methicillin-susceptible staphylococcus aureus phage type 53,85 in a regional neonatal unit. | we identified a 5-year outbreak of a methicillin-susceptible staphylococcus aureus (mssa) strain, affecting 202 babies on a neonatal unit, by routine weekly phage typing all s. aureus isolates. multiple staged control measures including strict emphasis on hand hygiene, environmental and staff surveillance sampling, and application of topical hexachlorophane powder failed to end the outbreak. s. aureus pt 53,85 (sa5385) was found on opened packs of stomahesive, used as a neonatal skin protectant. ... | 2000 | 10722128 |
| genotyping of human isolates of cryptosporidium. | | 2000 | 10729987 |
| new dna markers with increased informativeness show diminished support for a chromosome 5q11-13 schizophrenia susceptibility locus and exclude linkage in two new cohorts of british and icelandic families. | genetic linkage of schizophrenia to markers at 5q11.2-13.3 had been reported previously in five icelandic and two british families, but attempts at replication in independent samples have been unsuccessful. we report here an update on the diagnoses and results of linkage analyses using newer highly polymorphic microsatellite markers at or near the loci d5s76 and d5s39 in the original sample of pedigrees and in two new family samples from iceland and from britain. the new results show a reduction ... | 1999 | 10738536 |
| the contribution of influenza to combined acute respiratory infections, hospital admissions, and deaths in winter. | the impact of influenza is assessed by comparing events during epidemics with those expected outside epidemic periods (defined from incidence data collected by the weekly returns service of the royal college of general practitioners from 1989 to 1998 for influenza-like illness, acute otitis media, acute bronchitis, and all respiratory infections combined in the community and virus isolate data). estimates of the consulting populations for each condition in england and wales were derived by extra ... | 2000 | 10743316 |
| implementation of influenza immunisation policy in general practice: 1997 to 1998. | influenza immunisation policy and practice in primary care in central southern england was surveyed in early 1998, when national guidelines advised immunisation only for people with specified 'higher risk' medical conditions or who lived in long stay facilities such as nursing or residential homes. three hundred and one questionnaires were returned from 441 general practices (68%). between 71% and 82% of all respondents stated that they 'always' offered influenza immunisation to adults with the ... | 2000 | 10743317 |
| cyclospora infections in england and wales: 1993 to 1998. | the coccidian protozoon cyclospora cayetanensis is a treatable cause of prolonged, watery diarrhoea in humans. microbiology laboratories in england and wales often restrict testing to those who have recently travelled abroad. only 44 to 66 laboratory reports of c. cayetanensis are made in england and wales each year and a large proportion are found to have visited developing countries. large foodborne outbreaks of infection have arisen in north america among people who have not travelled abroad ... | 2000 | 10743319 |
| 'the human genome itself must be freely available to all humankind'. | | 2000 | 10746695 |
| environmental effects of radionuclides--observations on natural ecosystems. | to better quantify risk to non-human species from exposure to environmental radioactivity, understanding of the behaviour of radionuclides in the biosphere needs to be increased. this study outlines current thinking on ecological risk assessment (era) methodology and applies the indicator species or critical groups approach to biota inhabiting a semi-natural coniferous woodland contaminated with the radionuclides 137cs, 238pu, 239+240pu and 241am. the majority of these radionuclides originate fr ... | 2000 | 10750953 |
| a potted history of specimen-taking. | | 2000 | 10752738 |
| association between high-risk hpv types, hla drb1* and dqb1* alleles and cervical cancer in british women. | cervical scrapes from 116 british women referred with cervical cancer were tested for the presence of high oncogenic risk human papillomavirus (hpv) genotypes (hpv(hr)). ninety-four per cent of the scrapes had one or more of these virus types and 66% were hpv16-positive. hpv18 was more frequent in adenocarcinoma. no evidence was found for an increased cancer risk associated with the hpv16 e6 350g variant. the hla drb1* and dqb1* alleles in these women and in 155 women with normal cytology and ne ... | 2000 | 10755413 |
| 'all the services were excellent. it is when the human element comes in that things go wrong': dissatisfaction with hospital care in the last year of life. | patient satisfaction surveys are seen as an important way of obtaining 'user views' of health service provision. however, there is a growing body of research and theoretical literature that questions the validity of the concept of 'patient satisfaction' and hence the use of this type of survey. a postbereavement survey of people who registered a random sample of cancer deaths in an inner london health authority was undertaken in 1996/7. the survey questionnaire (voices) included 14 open-ended qu ... | 2000 | 10759972 |
| thomas hodgkin: social activist. | thomas hodgkin's discovery of a lymph gland disorder is merely one event in a life of unusually varied public activities in the social reform and humanitarian movements of the mid-19th century. he wrote pamphlets on medical care for the working-class poor, public health, housing, sanitation, and the relief of cold, hunger, and unemployment. hodgkin wrote about the problems arising from urban renewal and suburban development. his contributions to geographic explorations, anthropology, ethnology, ... | 2000 | 10760325 |
| variation in the frequency of epstein-barr virus-associated hodgkin's disease with age. | a number of studies in developed countries have reported variation in the frequency of epstein-barr virus (ebv)-associated hodgkin's disease (hd) with age. a 'three disease' model for hd that incorporates the ebv association, histological subtype of hd and age has recently been proposed. in this model, hodgkin's disease of childhood and older adults is commonly ebv-associated and of mixed cellularity type, whereas young adult hd is generally not ebv-associated and is usually characterised by nod ... | 2000 | 10764165 |
| contested identities and schisms in groups: opposing the ordination of women as priests in the church of england. | schisms constitute a common characteristic of human groups. nevertheless, they have been neglected by social psychology, mainly because social psychological theories either dismiss group consensus or else depict groups as monolithic. this study proposes a social psychological approach to schism which integrates recent developments of self-categorization theory (sct) with work on category argumentation. according to sct, shared group identification leads to a process by which members should reach ... | 2000 | 10774530 |
| outbreaks of influenza a in nursing homes in sheffield during the 1997-1998 season: implications for diagnosis and control. | three recent outbreaks of influenza a in nursing and residential homes in sheffield were characterized by high attack rates among both residents and staff, and a high mortality rate among residents. the epidemiology of the outbreaks was unusual in that all three occurred towards the end of a quiet influenza season, against a generally low level of community activity, and involved strains of influenza that were not included in the current season's vaccine. the outbreak investigation was aided by ... | 2000 | 10774913 |
| influenza vaccination coverage in old people's home in carmarthenshire, uk, during the winter of 1998/99. | a mailed questionnaire survey was undertaken in old people's (nursing and residential) homes in carmarthenshire, uk to determine the influenza vaccine uptake during the 1998/99 season. out of the total 60 questionnaires circulated, response was received from 47 homes giving an overall response rate of 78%. amongst the 1399 residents, 1132 (81%) received influenza vaccine in the winter of 1998/99. uptake was higher in nursing homes (89%) than in residential homes (79%) or dual registered homes (8 ... | 2000 | 10775780 |
| use of in-vitro fertilisation embryos cryopreserved for 5 years or more. | human embryos cryopreserved after in-vitro fertilisation can be stored initially for 5 years, and the storage period may be extended to a maximum of 10 years. of 1344 embryos cryopreserved between 1988 and 1994 at two centres in manchester, 67% (904 embryos) have had to be destroyed at the end of the first 5-year interval, even if the couples involved remain childless. | 2000 | 10776753 |
| screening british cadasil families for mutations in the notch3 gene. | | 2000 | 10777367 |
| population estimates of persons presenting to general practitioners with influenza-like illness, 1987-96: a study of the demography of influenza-like illness in sentinel practice networks in england and wales, and in the netherlands. | incidence data by age of new episodes of influenza-like illness reported by sentinel general practice networks in england and wales and in the netherlands over a 10-year period were examined to provide estimates of the consulting population during influenza epidemic periods. baseline levels of recording in each age group were calculated from weeks in which influenza viruses were not circulating and the excess over baseline calculated to provide the population estimates during influenza epidemics ... | 2000 | 10813150 |
| environmental variables in a holistic evaluation of land contaminated by historic mine wastes: a study of multi-element mine wastes in west devon, england using arsenic as an element of potential concern to human health. | unusual and unexpected concentrations of a number of elements were identified in samples of house dust, that indicated the presence of mine wastes in an area where they were not expected. in pursuing this matter, several other very unusual observations and practices, involving highly contaminated mine wastes, were also identified. here, using an available, but not a custom-made database, the matter is pursued. in england and wales, the usual framework within which hazards are assessed, starts wi ... | 2000 | 10813455 |
| a newly formed amyloidogenic fragment due to a stop codon mutation causes familial british dementia. | familial british dementia (fbd) is an early-onset autosomal dominant disorder characterized by progressive cognitive impairment, spasticity, and cerebellar ataxia. hippocampal neurofibrillar degeneration and widespread parenchymal and vascular amyloid deposits are the main neuropathological lesions. amyloid fibrils are composed of a novel 34 amino acid subunit (abri) with no sequence identity to any known amyloid molecule. the peptide derives from a larger precursor protein codified by a single ... | 2000 | 10818498 |
| serum screening in a japanese population. | | 2000 | 10820418 |
| prosecution disclosure in criminal cases: the european convention on human rights and the human rights act 1998. | | 2000 | 10821023 |
| chummy sinnatamby--the man everybody knows. | | 2000 | 10827775 |
| risk behaviours for hiv and hepatitis infection among anabolic-androgenic steroid users. | this study examined hiv and hepatitis risk behaviours among anabolic-androgenic steroid (aas) users and controls, providing a detailed assessment of both injection and sexual practices. fifty aas-using and 40 non-aas-using weight trainers completed a semi-structured interview followed by a detailed questionnaire. the 'high risk' behaviour of sharing needles and syringes was not current practice among the aas-using sample, with only one user reporting sharing injecting equipment in the past. howe ... | 2000 | 10827856 |
| enabling young 'ventilator-dependent' people to express their views and experiences of their care in hospital. | discussion in this paper is drawn from a phenomenological study carried out in england describing the views and experiences of young 'ventilator-dependent' people aged 6-18 years, regarding their health and social care, education, and aspirations for the future. this study presented many methodological and ethical challenges in order to elicit and present their views in a meaningful way. data were elicited through focused face-to-face interviews with 18 young people. innovative methods of data c ... | 2000 | 10840255 |
| cancer genome project to start. | | 2000 | 10847700 |
| can unequal be more fair? a response to andrew avins. | in this paper, we respond to andrew avins's recent review of methods whose use he advocates in clinical trials, to make them more ethical. he recommends in particular, "unbalanced randomisation". however, we argue that, before such a recommendation can be made, it is important to establish why unequal randomisation might offer ethical advantages over equal randomisation, other things being equal. it is important to make a pragmatic distinction between trials of treatments that are already routin ... | 2000 | 10860209 |
| crown formation times of human permanent anterior teeth. | one gap in knowledge of human dental-growth standards is the age at which crown fractions of anterior permanent teeth are attained. the aim of this study was to document stages of crown formation for permanent incisors and canines from a small skeletal collection of known age. the source was c18th and c19th coffin-buried skeletal material from spitalfields in london; developing teeth from 50 individuals with recorded age-at-death (range 0-5.40 years) and 56 unaged individuals were assessed. teet ... | 2000 | 10869484 |
| serological prevalence of herpes simplex virus type 2 amongst gum clinic attenders in a district general hospital setting. | our objective was to determine the seroprevalence of herpes simplex virus (hsv) type 2 infection amongst genitourinary medicine (gum) clinic attenders at a district general hospital using a commercially available enzyme immunoassay (eia). in a prospective study, heterosexual patients attending the department of gum at trafford general hospital attending with a new clinical problem and having a blood sample taken for routine syphilis serology had the same sample tested for hsv type 2 antibodies. ... | 2000 | 10872911 |
| distribution of distal femoral osteophytes in a human skeletal population. | to examine objectively spatial patterns of osteophytes around the distal end of the femur and to identify distinct subgroups. | 2000 | 10873960 |
| 'brooke of manchester'. | we present a brief account of the life and times of dr henry grundy brooke, a manchester dermatologist and key figure in british dermatology in the nineteenth century. our report highlights the achievements of a man whose contributions to dermatology continue to be of relevance in the new millennium. | 2000 | 10886131 |
| understanding the nature of errors in nursing: using a model to analyse critical incident reports of errors which had resulted in an adverse or potentially adverse event. | human errors are common in clinical practice, but they are under-reported. as a result, very little is known of the types, antecedents and consequences of errors in nursing practice. this limits the potential to learn from errors and to make improvement in the quality and safety of nursing care. the aim of this study was to use an organizational accident model to analyse critical incidents of errors in nursing. twenty registered nurses were invited to produce a critical incident report of an err ... | 2000 | 10886452 |
| genotypic characterisation by pfge of salmonella enterica serotype enteritidis phage types 1, 4, 6, and 8 isolated from animal and human sources in three european countries. | a total of 101 strains of salmonella enteritidis phage types (pt) 1, 4, 6, and 8 from denmark, england and spain were studied by pfge to elucidate genetic relationships among strains isolated from animal, human and environmental sources between 1983 and 1997. analysis with xba i, bln i and spe i enzymes showed that the power of discrimination of this method was increased by the combination of the three enzymes (d=0.802), subdividing the strains into 28 genomic groups or genotypes. many of the pt ... | 2000 | 10889406 |
| the social development of children with severe learning difficulties: a case study of an inclusive education initiative between two primary schools in oxfordshire, uk. | this case study of primary age children in two linked oxfordshire schools investigated the contribution of staff attitudes and practices to inequalities in education, and contrasted the socialisation of children with similar learning difficulties in different educational placements. participant observation of a group of children and carers in a special school suggested areas of more rigorous inquiry. structured observations compared this group with a matched sample of children with similar learn ... | 1999 | 10890242 |
| john langdon down: the man and the message. | john langdon down was the son of a village grocer. born in torpoint, cornwall, in 1828, he was the 6th child of religious parents. he worked in the family business until he was 18 years old and he then qualified as a pharmacist before ultimately entering medical school at the london hospital. he won numerous medals and prizes and immediately after taking his medical degree he was appointed medical superintendent of the royal earlswood asylum for idiots in surrey. he reformed the institution and ... | 1999 | 10890244 |
| clinical and pathologic findings in hereditary spastic paraparesis with spastin mutation. | to describe a family with chromosome 2p-linked hereditary spastic paraparesis (hsp) associated with dementia and illustrate the cerebral pathology associated with this disorder. | 2000 | 10891911 |